The Emigrant Gulch is a molybdenum mine located in Park county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Emigrant Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Emigrant Gulch
Secondary: Kearns
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Montana
County: Park
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Great Western Mining And Milling Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP: 5-6% MOS2
Analytical Data: MOS2: 14% & 23% FROM ASSAYS
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Molybdite
Comments
Comment (Workings): CO2 GAS RENDERED WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): 1958-MILLE
Reference (Deposit): HORTON, F., 1916, MOLYBDENUM ITS ORE AND THEIR CONCENTRATION: U.S.B.M. BULL. 111
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
